A fungus has been confirmed to have been hijacking ants' bodies to be used as a vehicle to feed and spread fungal spores. The fungus latches onto ants' bodies, and chemically controls their behavior to force the ant to go to certain plants, where the fungus will kill the ant and then hatch spores out of its brain. Scientists have determined evidence of this as far back as 48 Million years.
Damn nature you scary.
Fungi that create 'zombie ants' discovered in Brazil
'Zombie ants' controlled by parasitic fungus for 48m years
Damn nature you scary.
Fungi that create 'zombie ants' discovered in Brazil
'Zombie ants' controlled by parasitic fungus for 48m years